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Process Development Associate

Cambridge, MA 02138

Posted: 04/15/2025 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Scientific Job Number: 4395

Job Description

The Pivotal Drug Substance Technologies organization develops, characterizes and supports clinical drug substance manufacturing processes for all late-stage programs in the company portfolio.

This lab-based position is located at the Cambridge, MA site. The successful candidate will be responsible for support of the development, characterization, scale-up and support of upstream and downstream processes to enable clinical advancement of the company programs. The candidate will also be responsible for equipment maintenance and reliability. This role will include project-based work managed by the candidate.

This role is in an integrated bioprocess development group in which cell culture and purification scientists work together to advance the rich, exciting and dynamic pipeline. With the company's biology first approach, the position provides the unique opportunity to work on multiple modalities including antibodies, BiTEs, and bispecifics.

The successful candidate will design and execute experiments spanning the end-to-end drug substance process, including both cell culture and purification operations. The candidate will apply established platform approaches and utilize problem-solving skills to rapidly solve day-to-day experimental challenges.

Additionally, the candidate will utilize out-of-the-box thinking to contribute to laboratory operations, technology development, and process automation. Finally, the candidate will also expand and develop skills in both cell culture and purification, thereby further contributing to the integrated group.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree OR
  • Associate degree and 4 years scientific experience
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Life Sciences, or other relevant sciences with a demonstrated record of excellence.
  • Ability to identify, develop and implement solutions to practical problems through application of fundamental scientific and engineering principles, preferably in a process development environment.
  • Prior experience with high throughput systems (such as the Ambr) or PAT.
  • Prior experience with project management is a plus.
  • Motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Team player with the ability to successfully work within a diverse team in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.
  • Familiarity with design of experiments and statistical analysis of data desirable.
  • Prior experience with data analytical tools (Excel, Spotfire, Python etc.).
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